I can’t stop thinking about one the greatest scientific discoveries in this context.
Kepler was convinced the planetary orbits around the sun were circular and could be described with the five Platonic solids. His theory was testable, and when he measured it against observation, it failed. He could have persisted, modified his theory, and continued on the wrong path, but instead, he discarded his theory and discovered elliptical orbits with his three laws of planetary motion.
Kepler was convinced the planetary orbits around the sun were circular and could be described with the five Platonic solids. His theory was testable, and when he measured it against observation, it failed. He could have persisted, modified his theory, and continued on the wrong path, but instead, he discarded his theory and discovered elliptical orbits with his three laws of planetary motion.
Kepler was a scientist.